Safety napkin clip



Deb. 23, 1924.

c. 5; WHIT SAFETY NAPKIN CLIP Filed as, 26, 1923 Patented Dec. 23, 1924UNIT CHAR-LES SYDNEY WHITE, OF MAR'I'ON, NEW ZEALAND.

SAFETY NAPKIN CLIP.

Application filed. February 26, 1923. Serial No. 621,141.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES SYDNEY lVHI'lE, subject of the King of GreatBritain, residing at 8 Hunia Street, Marton, Dominion of New Zealand,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Safety Napkin Clips, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved construction of clip device that hasbeen designed for use specially in securing babies napkins in position,but which can, of course, also be otherwise used.

The clip designed, by its construction, privides for the ends of anapkin after being folded in the usual way, being clipped and heldtightly in attachment to a girdle or undergarmentso that the napkin willbe sustained in its proper position. It also dispenses with the use ofthe ordinary safety pins and like fastenings with all their dan gers anddisadvantages.

The invention consists in a special con-' struction of spring clipdevice, operable by the well known cam action principle, that is adaptedfor the particular purpose indicated.

This device is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure1 is a plan, and Figure 2 a side elevation thereof. According to myinvention, the clip proper is formed in a well known manner by a singlelength of springy metal doubled over so that its two ends are broughtinto parallel lines, one above the other, forming the jaws A and B.These are normally spread apart by the tension of the metal. The lowerjaw B, at its edges, is formed with the upwardly extending lugs C thatpass up on the respective sides of the upper jaw A and then formbearings in which the cam device D is journalled. This cam is made inone with a handle E, so disposed to it that when the handle is turneddown flat on to the jaw A, the cam will engage such jaw and force itdown on to the lower jaw and retain it in engagement by passing over thecams throw, and when the handle is turned up, the jaw will be freed sothat space formed by the eye F of the lower jaw,

when the two jaws are brought together.

This manner of constructlng these aws provides for a broad grip beingexerted upon the folds of the napkins placed between them and for thefolds being held firmly by the forcing of the cloth into bends betweenthe bar G and eye F.

To further adapt the cli for the purpose indicated the clip is attac edby sewing to a piece H of a suitably stiff fabric material thatunderlies the lower jaw B. To enable this to be done, such jaw is madewith small holes 6 along its edges and the threads are passed throughthese and over the edges of the eye F. This sheet of fabric material isthen used for the attachment of the clip to an undergarment or bodybandage for convenience in its use, or if desired, it may be left loose.

I claim In a clip, the combination with a pair of spring jaws, of anelongated eye portion extending from the end of one of the said jaws atright angles thereto and projecting on both sides of said jaw, anelongated. bar extending from the end of the other jaw at right anglesthereto and projecting on both sides of the said other jaw and adaptedto engage in the said elongated eye portion, and a cam handle pivoted tothe first mentioned jaw so as to force the said elongated bar into thesaid eye portion on the closing of the said jaws.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature.

CHARLES SYDNEY WHITE.

